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Companies turn to webcasting to save time, money.

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The ways businesses are using Web sites are changing, and that may be even more true internally than externally. Some businesses like Mississippi Power Company have extensive internal webcasting including videos for training and communication with employees.

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"For training and safety, it's a lot less expensive to offer training online compared to individually training someone or sending them to a lot of special classes," said James R. "Jim" Allen, manager of creative production services, Mississippi Power Company. "We have an extensive number of videos on the internal Web site."

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Webcasting is :defined as using the Web to deliver live or delayed versions of sound or video broadcasts. Webcasting that can be done on demand for training purposes can save a lot of time and money. Allen says the biggest benefit is that employees can arrange to be trained when' they want to be trained. It can be worked into their schedule rather than the employee having to be absent from...